The Title - A Comedy in Three Acts by Arnold Bennett
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TRANTO. The awkwardness? HILDEGARDE. The awkwardness. TRANTO. The frightful silences and the forced conversations? HILDEGARDE (_nods_). Why _did_ you come? TRANTO. Well-- HILDEGARDE. I suppose you're still confined to this house. TRANTO (_in a new confidential tone_). I wish you'd treat me as your father does. HILDEGARDE. But of course I will-- TRANTO. That's fine. He treats me as an intimate friend. HILDEGARDE. But you must treat me as you treat papa. TRANTO (_slightly dashed_). I'll try. I might tell you that I had two very straight talks with your father last night. HILDEGARDE. Two? TRANTO. Yes; one before dinner, and the other just before I left--when you'd gone to bed. He began them--both of them. HILDEGARDE. Oh! So that you may be said to know the whole situation. |
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